94. How can comic books and visual media help kids enjoy reading?
What I Want to Know, with Kevin P. Chavous · Stride, Inc.
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Show Notes
According to Publishers Weekly, sales of comic books and graphic novels increased by 62% in 2021, to over $2 billion dollars. With their ongoing popularity among youth, can comic books help encourage a love of reading among students? Do comic authors write differently for younger audiences? And how might comic books and graphic novels be used in the classroom?
In this episode, Kevin discusses how comic books can be an effective way to teach kids to read with comic book and graphic novel writer Ryan North.